Wolbrecht, George




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1902  47  2419 (67) 10
1903  47  2420 (60) 7
1904  56  2415 (60) 0
1905  60  2410 (56) 0
1906  62  2405 (47) 20
1907  93  2368 (48) 13
1908  91  2368 (51) 1
1909  98  2364 (48) 15
1910  61  2410 (48) 21
1911  77  2401 (57) 0
1912  82  2393 (60) 0
1913  82  2384 (59) 0
1914  85  2376 (54) 28

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Wolbrecht, George H.  
Born: Aug. 1870
Died:
 
Notes:
Gaige in Chess Tournament Crosstables has both 'Wohlbrecht, G.H.' and 'Wolbrecht, G.H.; in Chess Personalia he has the latter. The Memphis Chess History web page has both 'Walbrecht' and 'Wolbrecht'. Gaige gives date of birth as 08-1870; the American Chess Bulletin of Mar. 1907 (p.51) gives year of birth as 1872.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 320
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 468
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 245
   Hooper and Brandreth, Unknown Capablanca, page 106
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 300
Periodicals
   [ACB], vol. 4, no. 3, Mar. 1907, page 51
Web
   [Memphis Chess History - Chess War 1914]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Judd, Max - Wolbrecht, G.H. 1903         (f)     3.5   -   1.5
Wolbrecht, G.H. - Mieses, J. 1903         (f)     1.5   -   0.5

Tournament data

Saint Louis 1902     Brown Memorial Cup Tournament     8  /  10
Chicago 1906 (1)     7th Western Chess Association Tournament - Section 1     6  /  8
Chicago 1906 (3)     7th Western Chess Association Tournament - Final     5  /  7
Chicago 1906 (4)     7th Western Chess Association Tournament - Final, Play-off     3  /  4
  Wolbrecht, G.H. - Smith, M.M.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1907 (1)     9th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Wolbrecht, G.H. - Holmes, H.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Excelsior 1907     8th Western Chess Association Tournament (8th USA Open)     7.5  /  12
London, England and New York 1908     10th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Wolbrecht, G.H. - Michell, R.P.     1 - 0    
Excelsior 1909     10th Western Chess Association Tournament     9  /  15
London, England and New York 1910     12th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Wolbrecht, G.H. - Yates, F.D.     0 - 1    
Chicago 1910     11th Western Chess Association Tournament     18  /  20
Memphis 1914 (1)     15th Western Chess Association Tournament     14  /  18
Memphis 1914 (2)     15th Western Chess Association Tournament Play-off     4  /  6
  Wolbrecht, G.H. - Jefferson, B.B.     1.5 - 2.5    


Player information updated: 6 Apr. 2023